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Semen, blood, urine, excrement, and flesh. These substances, which are ordinarily regarded as repulsive, are transformed into the five nectars (and are so called) when their pure nature is realized. +
When not being used in an obviously metaphorical sense, this term refers either to a spirit or, symbolically, to obstacles on the path. The Demon of the Aggregates refers to the five skandhas (body, sensation, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness) as described in Buddhist teaching as the basis for the imputation of the notion of "I," the personal self, which constitutes the root cause of suffering in samsara. The Demon of the Afflictions refers to defiled emotions such as attachment, anger, ignorance, pride, and jealousy, which are productive of suffering. The Demon Lord of Death refers not only to actual death but to the momentary transience of all phenomena, the nature of which is suffering. The Demon Son of Gods refers to mental wandering and the attachment to phenomena apprehended as really existent. +
The Prajnaparamita, transcendent Wisdom, direct realization of emptiness, so called because such realization is the source or "mother" of Buddhahood. +
There are basically two kinds of hidden lands: those physically located on the earth's surface and those which exist in dimensions, so to speak, other than the present world, but which can be entered by certain individuals. Strictly speaking, the Tibetan word sbas yul or beyul refers only to the first kind, while the sccond kind arc normally referred to as Khacho (mkha spyod). Beyul are regions, secret valleys, etc., specially blessed and sealed by Guru Padmasambhava, and other beings of great spiritual attainment, as places of protection for the teachings in later times of decadence and peril. Except in the case of people with special karma and good fortune, they cannot be entered, or even perceived. HIGHER INSIGHT (lhag mthong, Tib.; vipashyana, Skt.). The perception of the ultimate nature of phenomena. +
lit. Boundless Life. An aspect of Buddha Amitabha, usually represented in Sambhogakaya form. Meditation on Amitayus prolongs life. +
The sacramental bond and commitment in the Vajrayana established between the master and the disciple to whom he or she gives empowerment. Samaya also refers to the sacred links between the disciples of the same master and between the disciples and their prac-tice. +
The two principal phases of tantric practice. The creation (also referred to as "generation" and "development") stage (bskyed rim) involves meditation on appearances, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The perfection stage (rdzogs rim) refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into emptiness and the experience of this; it also indicates the meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essence of the body. +
The third major Buddhist king of Tibet. He lived in the eleventh century and instigated the systematization of Tibetan grammar and vocabulary for the purposes of translation of texts from Sanskrit. He was assassinated by his brother Lang Darma. He is said to have been a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani. +
Also traditionally referred to as Khenpo Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva Abbot. A great Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism, abbot of the university of Nalanda, invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen. +
A categorization of samsaric exis-tence: (i) the world of desire, consisting of the six realms, from the hells up to the first six spheres of the god realm, (2) the divine realm of form, and (3) the divine realm of nonform. +
lit. cutting, to cut. The name of a yogic practice based on the teaching of the Prajnaparamita, brought to Tibet by the Indian master Phadampa Sangye and propagated by the yogini Machig Lapdron. The goal of cho is the destruction of ego-clinging. +
The utterly enlightened mind, pure, immutable, omnipresent, and unobstructed. It is symbolized in the form of a Buddha, naked and colored the deep blue of endless space. Samantabhadra is the origin of the tantric transmission of the Nyingma school. +
The female deity of art, science, music, and speech, traditionally regarded as the original teacher of the Sanskrit language. +
The Bodhisattvas Manjushri, Avalokita, and Vajrapani. In this context, the three Families are respectively those of the Buddha's Body, Speech, and Mind. +
Tibetan poems, and various other forms of expostulation, are often preceded by exclamatory words or phrases indicative of the general tone and content of what is being said. For example, Emaho is an expression of wonder, Ho of courage and determination, while Kyema and Kyehii express grief. +
Lit., Indestructible Being. The Buddha of the Vajra Family, corresponding to the mirror-like wisdom that is the pure nature of the aggregate of consciousness and affliction of aver-sion, and is linked with the enlightened activity of pacifying. +
See threefold concentration +
